Google Play Posts

Google is selling the Glass Explorer Edition on the Google Play store. The price is $1,500 with a choice of free frame or sunglass shade. Selling Google Glass through Google Play will make the wearable device widely available.

Over 1.5 million apps are now available for download on Google Play, the online content store run by Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG). However, the main source of revenue on Google Play is not from apps that you pay for upfront.

A fake anti-virus application was uploaded to the Google Play Store called Virus Shield. The price was $3.99 for the software and the app quickly jumped in the rankings. Eventually the application was removed from the store once it was proved that the app was fraudulent.Continue reading →

Google has released a new app for the Apple App Store called Google Play Movies & TV. The Google Play Movies & TV is a competitor to iTunes for selling movies and TV shows. You will be able to watch Google media content directly from the iPhone, iPad, or iPod. However, you will not be able to buy or rent content directly from the app, probably due to Apple’s restrictions with third party content stores. The app also has a Chromecast button to stream video to your TV.

Next week, Google will be announcing new features for the Google Play store. Google sent out event invitations to the media that says “Join us for a night out with Google Play / Music, movies, games and a special performance by Capital Cities.” The event will be taking place at 7PM EST in New York City.
[Source: Pocket-Lint]

Back in April, Yahoo! launched a new weather application for iOS. Apple gave the Yahoo! Weather app a design award at WWDC 2013. Now Yahoo! has ported that same app over to Android with a design that is similar to the iOS version.Continue reading →